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    1939 · Romantic comedy · 1h 36m

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  1. Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle . The film was a financial and critical success, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and three more nominations: Best Picture ...

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  3. Pygmalion. Cranky Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) takes a bet that he can turn Cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) into a "proper lady" in a mere six months in this delightful comedy of bad manners, based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. This Academy Award–winning inspiration for Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady was ...

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  4. Oct 11, 2017 · Vintage Film Review: Pygmalion (1938) – SPOILERS. Pygmalion was a mythological character who dabbled in sculpture. He made a statue of his ideal woman – Galatea. It was so beautiful that he prayed to the gods to give it life. His wish was granted. Bernard Shaw in his famous play gives a modern interpretation of this theme.

  5. Pygmalion (1938) Pygmalion (1938, UK) is the British, non-musical film version of George Bernard Shaw's 1912 screenplay and 1913 stage play, which had its British opening in 1914. It was a socio-economic drama based on the Cinderella story, but actually taken from Ovid's Greek myth of Pygmalion - about a sculptor who fell in love with Galatea ...

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    Watch Pygmalion with a subscription on Max, rent on Prime Video, or buy on Prime Video. When linguistics professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl ...

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  8. The snobbish and intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins, makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, from the gutters and pass her off as a society lady. However, he discovers that this involves dealing with a human being with ideas of her own. — Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>.

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